The New Team

As some of you may know, I am riding on a brand new team this year.  Our title sponsor is Volkswagen Boise, and we are awesome.  Here's why:

• They eat my crazy, crazy foods.  We had a team potluck and the people that knew of my dietary ways were a little concerned.  I couldn't disappoint them!  I utilized many of my staple foods all into one fantastic dish.

Step 1: Macaroni
Step 2: Bagels
Step 3: Bacon
Step 4: More Bacon
Step 5: Eggs 'N' Os
Step 6: Serve on giant platter

Bacon!

It was surprisingly well received in that most of the people there actually ate it instead of just me.

• Our sponsors are supercool (compound word, look it up).  I plan on discussing this further in future posts, but for now just envision this rolling down the freeway: 

Don't worry, I have a helmet on all the time.

• They ride bikes fast!  Riding bikes naturally makes a person cooler, but riding fast makes them extraultracool (triple compound word.  Do not try beating me at Scrabble.  It won't happen).  Colton and I went to Cherry Pie a couple weeks back, and he took 4th.  Not a bad start to things, a good little pre-grand debut.  This weekend was our full rollout as a team in the Echo Red to Red mountain bike race and the Hammer at the Slammer road race.  Red to Red was on Saturday and the only person on the team more laid back than me, Brent, took 5th IN THE FRIGGIN' PROS!  OUT OF THE 600+ RACERS, 4 WENT FASTER THAN HIM.

On Sunday, the road guys came out to do what we do.  I, as usual, raced aggressively and wound up spending the better part of the first lap by myself off the front.  I got caught, hung in, then spent the last lap chasing the field by myself.  While I was doing that Colton WON OUT OF THE 3 FIELD AND EARNED HIS UPGRADE!  Then Joe raced in the Cat. 4s and took 8th.  Then the girls went and TOOK 1ST, 5TH, 8TH, AND 9TH!  

Ballers!

At the end of the day, I was the only team member that raced not in the top 10 on the series omnium in 11th place.  The season is here, things are coming together, and we're only going to get awesomer.

In other news, my trainee, Ryan Thompson, WON THE SECOND RACE HE EVER RACED IN!  Suck it Chris Carmichael!